Of course, Windows Virtual PC has been covered in detail already, but I got a chance to play with the product and there’s some neat UI experiences that I hadn’t seen covered yet. Here’s a quick overview of interacting with Windows Virtual PC.
Windows Virtual PC gets a spanking new icon:
Once installed, Virtual PC actually creates a new top level user folder, a nice touch too I think:
You can move this folder just like you can with other user folders:
Virtual machines are managed directly within Windows Explorer – the old management/admin application window from older versions of Virtual PC is no more:
You can open the virtual machine settings from within Explorer too:
Creating a new virtual machine is just as you would expect, except very simplified. Give the machine a name and location (by default virtual machines are stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines):
Configure memory and networking (I have two network cards in this machine and VPC keep choosing the disconnected card – yay..)
Finally you get options for creating the VHD:
This revision looks pretty good for some basic virtualisation tasks (in now way is it taking aim at VMware Workstations and others). Now where’s the 64-bit guest support?
If you’re having issues seeing the screenshots, you might have more luck by going directly to my SkyDrive folder:
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Thanx Aaron, totally missed this one, guess it’s part of the upcoming RC release. I will download it from MSDN right away.
Eric
meh, I prefer a normal app. This will not work for people with 3rd party explorer’s (Unless they are using the half documented shellview COM goo I guess)
NOOOOOOO damn you hyper-restrictive work proxy!!!! T_T Only 8 hours til I can see the screenies of VXP justice…
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